Dugan v. Zurmuehlen

The material question involves the sufficiency of the evidence to establish a 16-foot alley between the plaintiff’s lot and the land of the defendants. Plaintiff pleads dedication and prescription. The defendants traverse the allegations, and allege the fact to be “that the said land for more than ten years last past has been under fence and in possession and control of the defendants, and said possession has been public, open, adverse, and hostile to the plaintiff and to the whole world; and deny that any person other than defendants has any right, title, or interest therein as a public…